Back in the 1930s, few bars were as popular as one at On Lock Sam. The Chinese bar/restaurant used to be upstairs in a building on East Washington Street in Chinatown.“Oh, sure, everybody in Stockton went there,” recalled Gordon Bettencourt, 83. “The food was good. The bar was fun.”Another customer, who had her first drink there, in 1939, was young Vivienne Hirsch.“I was surprised that they would give it to me, but they did,”...

LODI — Evan Hust, a 2012 graduate of Jim Elliot Christian High School, was just like any student beginning the journey of finding the right college.His school counselor recommended Hust, 21, attend a College Career and Planning...

MANTECA — The Manteca Branch Library presents Lego Club on the third Monday of the month through December.Legos and other supplies will be provided, but participants should bring ingenuity and creativity to build something new...

LODI — Trinchero Family Estates pushed in the clutch and shifted gears last week.The nation’s fifth-largest wine company, with sales of nearly 19 million cases in 2014 according to Wine Business Monthly, took the week...

STOCKTON — San Joaquin County residents will still be able to purchase birth, marriage or death certificates in the future, despite a neighboring county’s looming shortage of special paper.Stanislaus County Clerk...

Now there are two: Zimbabwe identified a bow-hunting gynecological oncologist from Pennsylvania on Sunday as its suspect in what it calls the illegal killing of a lion in April, adding to the outcry over the Minnesota dentist the African government...